Thanks, always fascinating to catch up on what Scott is seeing while most of the rest are on a different level.
The “Crooked Hillary” brand is pretty good IMHO, as it snaps people right back to Rose Law, cattle futures, and Whitewater as a reminder that she has always been engaged in shady deals that were never quite enough to take her/Bill down. It’s the death of a thousand paper cuts that will get her, not some crashing blow that she’s very good at ducking.
And of course Trump knows more than he puts forth, and he uses it to his advantage. For example, after hiring former Cruz spokesperson/possible mistress Katrina PIerson Trump knew full well that Cruz has been lying about some very important things for a long time, in addition to the lies he tells constantly in the course of his campaign rhetoric. He knew that by calling him “Lyin’ Ted” people would think of the latter, while knowing full well Cruz would never dare challenge him on the nickname for fear that Trump might expose the darker stuff.
“Master Persuader”! It’s the art of the deal, man!
If you are right, that makes Trump an extortionist. If you are wrong, it makes him an unprincipled hustler for power perfectly willing to relentlessly destroy the reputation of one of our finest senators while being himself Lyin’ Donald.
What other American political figure was associated with the word "crook" or "crooked"? Like an epitaph.